Had to lead with this one even though it was late in the day - the family with Vesuvius's crater in the background
Waiting for our tour bus to Pompeii & Vesuvius
These are contemporary bronze art works that are being displayed at the Pompeii site
Luke looking into the quarters of a gladiator
The amphitheatre
We are headed there after lunch - no photo adequately captures its size!
These were the same stones the Romans walked on 2000 years ago
These stones allowed the Romans to cross the street without getting their feet wet
Contemporary bronze art work
Entrance to a Pompeii bath
A plaster cast of a person killed during the eruption. They were killed by a pyroclastic flow and then buried under ash
I captured Kate being moved to strike a similar pose
Inside a bathhouse
The lupanare was a Roman brothel. A warning that the following photos are of frescoes inside the brothel that 'advertised' the different specialities of the prostitutes
In case you were wondering, they did have a mattress on the stone bed
Part of an original lead water pipe
This was the Pompeii version of Madison Avenue
One difference being that I don't believe Madison Ave has a phallic symbol indicating where the local brothel is located
A water outlet
The original marble floor of the 'Harrods' of Pompeii
A dog killed in the eruption of 79 AD
Another victim frozen in time
A child
Another contemporary bronze art work. I think they are very fitting for this site
Next stop - Vesuvius
We begin the climb
Go Dad
Once again, photos don't do justice to the view. You may get some sense of the scale from the van below. We still haven't reached the top
Naples is below
Nearly there
We made it
The steam being emitted reminds you that this volcano is not dead. The last eruption was in 1944
A selfie at the crater of Vesuvius - What a day!
